goobi
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That's so true...
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Thoses silly netbooks we got (2 Viewers)
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We have been told that we need to bring them or else we get an arvo, then another, then possibly suspention etc. i had the arguement with one of my teachers that consisted off expect me to bring my textbook then dont expect a laptop because i cant physically carry everything and not injury my back even more.
We were told we could hand them back in if we didnt use them. Has anyone elses school done this?
We were told we could hand them back in if we didnt use them. Has anyone elses school done this?
Ouch, don't you get a temp one??
By the way, is the IGNITE thing in your sig the church group?
Unlucky.
My teachers don'texpect them at all. The whole program was so stupid.
That is weird. My IPT teacher expects them but she doesn't quite mind if you use paper when you argue that you want practise writing.
The netbooks are a total waste of money.
I actually use it as a paper weight lol
someth1ng
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The programs they put on it makes it so laggy that scrolling down is a pain...
Bored_of_HSC
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They took out the fking dictionary and kept all this multimedia crap 95% of people won't ever use!!!! Wtf!!!!
Heaps of other crap but i don't know why some people complain so much. It's a free laptop, what do you expect?
someth1ng
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Then why put it on there? All that crap security junk just renders it unusable. I wouldn't really care if they took the laptops back to be honest.
The Govt. probably thought it would be useful. I don't think they were very informed about netbooks.
I think one problem with bringing the netbooks into classrooms is the lack of training the teachers received for it.
haha, our school gave us macbooks! i love mine, it's so handy.
but not, perhaps, for school.
in legal studies our teacher isn't letting anyone use them for taking notes in year 12 - apparently the prelim marks had huuge discrepancies between the people who typed and the people who hand-wrote, which is interesting.
but not, perhaps, for school.
in legal studies our teacher isn't letting anyone use them for taking notes in year 12 - apparently the prelim marks had huuge discrepancies between the people who typed and the people who hand-wrote, which is interesting.
I don't think it's surprising at all. Your MacBook would probably serve as a distraction rather than an educational tool.
True, and it will probably mess your writing up.
My handwriting is so messy but I can manage to write 8 pages in a hour for a extended response.
AbaKaan
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Agreed. But as one of my teachers put it: "What do you expect? They're 500 dollar laptops with 10000 dollars worth of software on them"
And yeah, all the multimedia stuff on there i bet 90% of people will not use.
and what happened to Encarta Dictionary!!??? :O
someth1ng
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I heard that they spent $2000 on each laptop and the laptop would cost $500 brand new so it's roughly $1500 of software that almost nobody uses. Anyway, why use it on the slow netbook when there are much faster computers in the computer rooms, libraries...etc.
Adobe Master Suite costs $2000 each and each computer has it. All the software is a waste of money.
If anyone else getting Smart Boards in all their class rooms?? My school is for some reason I fell that is heaps stupid.
They got some of the software discounted.
The majority of schools have Smart Boards in some classrooms now. I don't think it is stupid as it allows the teachers to show us things on the web instead of us all moving to the computer labs.